Each year, 25 students from across the country are selected to serve on EMRA's Medical Student Council (MSC).
This is a phenomenal opportunity to become more involved in the field of Emergency Medicine, network with students and faculty from coast to coast, and develop resources to assist fellow students navigate medical school and the residency application process.
Our Goals and Objectives
Goals
- Educate medical students about the specialty of emergency medicine and its importance in the medical field
- Provide information to those students interested in emergency medicine regarding career options and emergency medicine training programs
- Increase the quality and the quantity of medical school education on emergency medicine topics and clinical skills
- Develop a peer network for medical students aspiring to careers in emergency medicine and allow them the opportunity to assume leadership roles in organized emergency medicine
- Provide EMRA, ACEP, CORD, and SAEM with a resource for dissemination of materials and information to medical students
- Encourage and recognize medical student research projects
- Recognize clinical excellence in emergency medicine at the medical student level
Objectives
- Plan the bi-annual Medical Student Forum (spring and fall)
- Help promote the EMRA Residency Program Fair at ACEP
- Help promote the EMRA Medical Student Workshop Day at ACEP
- Increase contact with medical schools
- Increase medical student awareness/involvement in emergency medicine
- Provide information that will appear on the medical student pages of the EMRA web site
2024 Medical Student Council
| Medical Student Governing Council | ||||
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Chair |
Jinger Sanders |
American University of Integrative Sciences |
2025 |
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Vice Chair |
David Gordon |
Sidney Kimmel Medical College |
2025 |
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Editor |
Allison Gasnick |
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine |
2025 |
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Legislative Coordinator |
Kyle Avery MS |
University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix |
2026 |
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Mentorship Coordinator |
Atira Shenoy |
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine |
2026 |
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Osteopathic Coordinator |
Kelly Dinh, DO |
Rocky Vista College of Osteopathic Medicine - Utah |
2025 |
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Student Advising Coordinator |
Zoee Castro, MS3 |
University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine |
2026 |
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Web/Tech Coordinator |
Katherine Tucker |
Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine at Cherokee Nation |
2025 |
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Midwest Coordinator |
Mohammad Abuakar, OMS-III, CCEMT-P |
Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine |
2025 |
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North East Coordinator |
David Bronstein |
George Washington University School of Medicine |
2025 |
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Southeast Coordinator |
Kristina Pagano |
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine |
2025 |
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West Coordinator |
Colton Crawford |
Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine |
2025 |
| ACEP Student Representatives to the AMA-MSS | ||||
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AMA-MSS Representative |
Kailey Jacobson |
Nova Southeastern University KPCOM |
2025 |
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AMA-MSS Representative |
Dani Sychowski |
Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine |
2026 |
| Regional Representatives | ||||
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Pacific |
Ellis Jang, BS |
California North State University College of Medicine |
2025 |
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Great Plains |
Thomas Johnston |
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine |
2024 |
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Great Lakes |
Payton Wolbert, BS |
Central Michigan University College of Medicine |
2026 |
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Northeast 1 |
Derick Goff |
New York Medical College |
2026 |
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Northeast 2 |
Breanna Sharp |
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine |
2025 |
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Mid-Atlantic |
Eli Brennan |
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School |
2026 |
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Southcentral |
Samantha Jacobson |
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine Louisiana Campus |
2025 |
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Southwest |
Tushank Chadha, OMS III |
Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine |
2025 |
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Southeast 1 |
Babayode Bakare MS |
Morehouse School of Medicine |
2025 |
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Southeast 2 |
Cristina Sanchez |
Florida State University |
2024 |
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International |
Benice Louis, MPH |
Saint James School of Medicine |
2025 |
